Oba Abraham Bankole, a first–class traditional and the Olu of Onibuku, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the State, was on Tuesday crushed to death by a truck while alighting from a commercial tricycle also known as Keke.
The Oba was said to have abandoned his car due to high cost of petrol and resorted to riding on Keke for his local movements.
He was said to be alighting the Keke when the truck ran over him along the Ota-Idiroko expressway, close to Winners Chapel. He was said to have died on the spot as the truck with registration number EPE 252 XF crushed him.
Confirming the development to journalists, the Spokesman of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Florence Okpe, said, “I was informed of the incident today.”
Okpe said however, that she was yet to be fully briefed by the FRSC in Ota Unit.
Also confirming the incident, a first-class Oba in Ogun West Senatorial district, who pleaded anonymity, expressed worry over why the monarch decided to commute in a tricycle instead of a personal car.
It was gathered that the monarch’s remains had been deposited at the General Hospital, Ota.